Best Niels Kaastrup Larsen Podcasts (2025)

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SI368: Valuation Has Left the Room ft. Cem Karsan & Alan Dunne 1:05:25

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Cem Karsan joins Alan Dunne to chart a market running on more than just momentum. Beneath the surface: a structural liquidity engine, political incentives aligned with asset reflation, and a surge in non-correlated flows reshaping risk itself. As institutions scramble to catch up and volatility begins to rise with price, Cem draws on lessons from t…

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IL42: Redefining Sovereignty in a Borderless Financial System ft. Zoe Liu 1:03:12

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China’s trade surplus with the US remains stubbornly large, but its appetite for Treasuries is fading. So where are the dollars going, and what does that say about the country’s evolving financial strategy? Kevin Coldiron welcomes back Dr. Zoe Liu for a nuanced look at how Beijing is managing external pressure, internal control, and the creeping di…

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SI367: Portfolio Design in a Distorted World ft. Andrew Beer 1:07:19

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Equities are up more than 50% since the April lows, yet the world feels anything but stable. In this episode, Niels Kaastrup-Larsen and Andrew Beer examine the widening disconnect between market behavior and the backdrop it’s unfolding against. From drone incursions over Denmark to political fragmentation and a rising tolerance for systemic risk, t…

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UGO06: Democratizing the Asymmetric Trade ft. Vlad Tenev 41:28

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Vlad Tenev, CEO of Robinhood joins Cem Karsan at the Hood Summit in Las Vegas, for a timely conversation about the shifting edge in markets. From memories of hyperinflation in Bulgaria to unlocking tools once reserved for institutions, Vlad outlines how Robinhood is positioning retail for a different kind of market regime. Futures, short selling, 2…

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SI366: The Strategy Didn’t Fail. The Investors Did. ft. Rob Carver 1:02:01

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Rob Carver is back from summer break for a conversation that moves between past and present through the lens of lived experience. Starting with the anniversary of Lehman’s collapse, Rob and Niels unpack why strong performance often coexists with poor investor outcomes - and how timing, not strategy, remains the silent killer. They question the rece…

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ALO31: What If the Illiquidity Premium Was Never Real? ft. Richard Tomlinson 1:03:51

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Richard Tomlinson joins Alan Dunne for a conversation shaped by experience, not theory. As CIO of LPPI, Richard is responsible for £27 billion in pension assets - but what stands out here is the clarity with which he navigates complexity. From the fading utility of labels like “illiquidity premium” and “hedge fund” to the trade-offs between cost, a…

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SI365: Design or Luck: Why Trend Following Results Diverge ft. Katy Kaminski 55:51

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Katy Kaminski returns to explore why results in trend following rarely look alike, even when the rules sound the same. Using fresh research from Man Group and Quantica, she and Niels trace the fingerprints of design choices: the pace of signals, how portfolios tilt, whether to add carry, and the impact of alternative markets. Along the way they con…

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GM87: Who Really Sets Policy Now? ft. Anna Wong 1:04:35

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Anna Wong, Chief U.S. Economist at Bloomberg, joins Alan Dunne with a clear-eyed assessment of where policy and politics are headed. As markets bet on cuts and the Fed talks balance, she sees a different risk: a slow-burning inflation that’s quietly taking hold. Anna breaks down why tariffs haven’t hit as expected, how AI is already reshaping the l…

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SI364: What makes an Alternative Investment Truly Valuable? ft. Moritz Seibert 1:11:45

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What makes an alternative investment truly valuable? In this episode, Moritz Siebert joins Niels Kaastrup-Larsen for a conversation that moves past market moves and into the core design of systematic strategies. They explore what diversification really means, why manager size shapes more than just capacity, and how incentives - both fees and instit…

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IL41: They’re Not Just Reading You... They’re Rewriting You ft. Sandra Matz 1:00:45

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What if knowing you isn’t the end goal... but shaping you is? In this episode, Kevin Coldiron speaks with Columbia professor Sandra Matz about how algorithms trained on our clicks, searches, and faces don’t just predict our behavior - they influence it. They unpack how personalization narrows possibility, why convenience can come at the cost of res…

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SI363: The Misreading of Trend ft. Nick Baltas 1:00:04

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As trend following begins to reassert itself, Niels and Nick Baltas dig beneath the surface of recent CTA performance - where the signals are working, why fixed income remains unresolved, and how speed is revealing deeper structural divides. But this episode goes beyond attribution. What if the industry has mistaken correlation shifts for changes i…

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OI18: The Carbon Trade, Without the Illusion ft. Mike Azlen 47:38

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Mike Azlen joins Moritz Seibert for a frank look at carbon markets, and why much of what passes for climate action may be making things worse. While offsets dominate headlines, it's the regulated markets that deliver real emissions cuts by design, not intention. They unpack how cap-and-trade channels profit into abatement, why moral hazard plagues …

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SI362: The Alpha Most Systems Miss ft. Yoav Git 1:07:45

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Yoav Git and Alan Dunne sits down for a conversation that challenges familiar assumptions about curve trading, market structure, and the role of CTAs. They explore why dislocations across time horizons create pockets of alpha most models miss, and how breakout behavior in commodity spreads signals more than noise. Drawing on a recent Bank of Englan…

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GM86: Everyone’s Watching the Fed. The Real Story’s Somewhere Else. ft. Louis Vincent-Gave 59:48

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Louis-Vincent Gave returns with a blunt assessment of a global order fraying at key seams. Construction is stalling. Trade policy is adrift. Capital is retreating from the U.S. And yet, markets hum along... propped up by AI euphoria and the illusion of fiscal permanence. In this conversation with Alan Dunne, Louis questions whether investors grasp …

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SI361: The Four Faces of Trend Following ft. Richard Brennan 1:26:51

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Richard Brennan joins Niels for a conversation that redefines how trend following is understood. Behind the shared language lie four distinct archetypes - each built around a different purpose. Richard walks through them with clarity, then unpacks the trade-offs: static sizing vs. vol targeting, symmetry vs. asymmetry, speed vs. patience. A real-wo…

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UGO05: Volatility’s Blueprint: How Markets Really Move ft. Mandy Xu & Ed Tom 55:02

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From the first futures in 1848 to today’s zero-day options, Cem Karsan, Mandy Xu, and Ed Tom chart how derivatives have moved from the market’s periphery to its center of gravity. At the core is Cboe’s new VIX decomposition tool, which disentangles moves driven by downside hedging, upside speculation, and shifts in the volatility surface. Through e…

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SI360: The Fed, the Fiction, and the Fight for Control ft. Alan Dunne 1:05:11

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When official data starts serving politics, markets lose their anchor. Alan Dunne and Niels examine the quiet shift unfolding as the U.S. edges closer to emerging market behavior - firing statisticians, sidelining inconvenient numbers, and pressuring the Fed ahead of a consequential leadership reshuffle. With labor supply falling, growth stalling, …

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SI368: Valuation Has Left the Room ft. Cem Karsan & Alan Dunne 1:05:25

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IL42: Redefining Sovereignty in a Borderless Financial System ft. Zoe Liu 1:03:12

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SI367: Portfolio Design in a Distorted World ft. Andrew Beer 1:07:19

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UGO06: Democratizing the Asymmetric Trade ft. Vlad Tenev 41:28

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SI366: The Strategy Didn’t Fail. The Investors Did. ft. Rob Carver 1:02:01

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ALO31: What If the Illiquidity Premium Was Never Real? ft. Richard Tomlinson 1:03:51

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SI365: Design or Luck: Why Trend Following Results Diverge ft. Katy Kaminski 55:51

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GM87: Who Really Sets Policy Now? ft. Anna Wong 1:04:35

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SI364: What makes an Alternative Investment Truly Valuable? ft. Moritz Seibert 1:11:45

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IL41: They’re Not Just Reading You... They’re Rewriting You ft. Sandra Matz 1:00:45

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SI363: The Misreading of Trend ft. Nick Baltas 1:00:04

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OI18: The Carbon Trade, Without the Illusion ft. Mike Azlen 47:38

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SI362: The Alpha Most Systems Miss ft. Yoav Git 1:07:45

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GM86: Everyone’s Watching the Fed. The Real Story’s Somewhere Else. ft. Louis Vincent-Gave 59:48

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SI361: The Four Faces of Trend Following ft. Richard Brennan 1:26:51

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UGO05: Volatility’s Blueprint: How Markets Really Move ft. Mandy Xu & Ed Tom 55:02

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SI360: The Fed, the Fiction, and the Fight for Control ft. Alan Dunne 1:05:11